A conventional budget of tax rises and spending cuts sizeable enough to begin to make our national debt affordable will constrict growth.
The Treasury should hold one as the year rolls on, along the lines of that undertaken by Canada’s government during the 1990s.
Modest consolidation over decades is one thing; large increases over a Parliament would be quite another.
Lockdown has taken a significant toll on the younger generation, and we need help to make up for lost time.
We should be able to choose whether we support the BBC with our wallets – the economic case for licence fees has evaporated.
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We must adapt or risk a lasting hit to one of the world’s economic command centres. A booster shot is needed to avert a smaller economy.
We will take part in this new programme – designed to ensure that infrastructure projects are delivered on time and within their allotted budget.
For the Party to take it off him is one thing; for the Government to recast the committee, or try to, would be quite another.
The Chancellor is groping his way, knowing well that the future is unknowable, trying to hold on to as much of the past as he can.
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When a government takes money out of it, it is creating unseen costs. Subsidising jobs is no more a route to growth than smashing windows.
Given the Coronavirus uncertainties, whatever he announces could be even more provisional than most schemes of most Chancellors.
Whilst still averse to ‘bashing the rich’, new research shows Conservative voters are strongly supportive of raising tax to support public services.